bitumed

(bɪˈtjuːmd; ˈbɪtjuːmd)

adj

covered with bitumen

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bitterly
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blacktop
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pitch-black
pitch-dark

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Because of the hasty disposal of her body (Pericles and his crew still have enough time, nevertheless, to line her "caulked and bitumed" (3.1.71) coffin with a full range of accessories), as with Juliet's case, the appropriate waiting period to determine the genuineness of feminine death cannot be observed.